Taping device.



No. 762,739. PATENTED JUNE 14,1905

LP. MIDDLETON.

TAPING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED APB.. 11 1903.

No MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 14, 1904;.` Y

PATENT OFFICE.

.TAMES E. MIDDLETCN, oF PITTS'EIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A'SSICNCR To `STANLEY ELECTRIC MANUEACTURINC'CCMPANY, CE ,PITTSEIELE MAS- SACHUSETTS. ASOEPOEATION- E NEW; JERSEY.

' TAPING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming garter Lettersrratent No. veavsanatd .Iune14,.19o4

Application filed April 11,1903.

To all whom it 1mi/,yA concern:

nalsfrom a roll held in the hand is slow and laborious, requiring frequent shifting from one hand to the other in order to prevent twisting of the tape, and often the winding tension is much varied during the operation, resulting in unevenness of the finished work.

2O My invention is designed to remedy these defects.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 shows a side view of'a structure embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 3 shows a detail of the holder for the ytape-roll. Figs. 4, 5, and'6 Show details ,of the smaller end of my device, and Fig. 7 shows a detail of the inside tube. f

A represents a spool or bobbin on which the roll of tape is placed. Spool A is loosely mounted on the shaft B, Fig. 3, which is carried by piece C and which is removable therefrom. Piece C is bored to receive tube D, and the two are secured together by pin c. The other end of tube'D passes into and is pinned to piece E by pin e. The tape passes from the tape-roll F (shown in dotted lines in Fig. l) through tube D and over pin e. From there it passes around guide-wire G, making a right-angled turn, then bends at right angles and passes between plates Hand I, and comes out as shown at F in Fig. l. The purpose of guide-wire G is to enable the tape by folding over it to make the rightangled turn in its own plane without wrinkling or binding. The purpose of plates H and I is to permit adjustment of the friction,

Serial No. 152,098. (No model.)

and consequently of the tension, on the tape at F. Plate H is secured to piece E, and plate I is pressed against plate H by spring J. Set-screw K adjusts the pressure of spring J, and consequently the tension on tape F. Another adjustment of the tape tension is obtained by means of spring L, Fig. 2, and adjustable brake M, Fig. 3, whichbear on bobbin A and by their friction increase the tape tension.

Tube N is the handle or holder for the device, and it has a bearing fit on pieces C and E, forming a bearing in which all the operating parts revolve. rIube N carries at one end the guard O, which partially surrounds and protects the tape-bobbin A.

The operation will be obvious from the above. The device being grasped by tube N, all the operative parts are free to revolve, and consequently will turn at the proper rate to keep tape F from twisting. The tension on the tape is kept uniform by the adjustable devices heretofore described. Accordingly, the operation will be both swift and uniform.

I do not desire to limit myself to the particular construction and arrangement of parts here shown, since changes therein which d0 not depart from the spirit of my invention, and which are within the scope yof the appended claims, will be obvious to those skilled -in the art.

Having thus fully described my invention,

Iclaim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent-v 1. In a taping device, a tubular holder, a tube rotatably mounted within said holder, and means carried by said tube for supporting and guiding a tape through said holder.

2. In a taping device, a tubular holder, a tube rotatably mounted within Said holder,

,and means carried by said tube for supporting, guiding, Aand restraining the movement of, a tape through said holder.

3. In a taping device, a tubular holder, a tube rotatably mounted within said holder, means carried at one end of said tube for rotatably supporting a roll of tape, and means carried at the other end of said tube for directing and restraining the movement of the tape.

4. In a taping device, a holder, a tube ro- 5 tatably mounted therein, a shaft carried at IO restraining the movement of the tape.

5. In a taping device, a holder, a tube rotatably mounted therein, a shaft carried at one end of said tube adapted to rotatably support a roll of tape, means for guiding the I5 tape through said tube, and means carried at the other end of said tube for guiding and delivering the tape at right angles to thc axis of said tube.

6. In a taping device, a tube, means for guiding a tape through said tube, means carried at one end of said tube for directing and restraining vthe movement of the tape, and a holder Within which said tube is free to rcvolve.

Signed at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, this 9th day `of April, 1903.

JAMES F. MIDDLE'ION.

Witnesses:

L. A. HAWKINS, R. E. HAYNES. 

